BUTTERFLY

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further.

So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.

The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.

Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.

What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If God allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us.

We would not be as strong as what we could have been. We could never fly!

Winners verses Losers


The winner is always part of Answers;
The loser is always part of problem:

The winner has a program;
The loser has an excuse:

The winner says, "Let me do it for you";
The loser says, "That is not my job":

The winner sees an answer for every problem;
The loser sees a problem for every answer:

When a winner says, "It may be difficult but it is possible";
When a loser says, "It may be possible but it is too difficult":

When a winner makes a mistake, he says 'I was wrong';
When a loser makes a mistake, he says, 'It wasn't my fault':

A winner makes Commitments;
A loser makes Promises:

Winner has dreams;
Losers have schemes:

Winner says, 'I must do something';
Loser says, 'something must be done':

Winners are a part of the team;
Losers are apart from the team:

Winner sees the gain;
Loser sees the pain:

Winners see possibilities;
Losers see problems:

Winners believe in win/win;
Losers believe for them to win someone has to lose:

Winners see the potential;
Losers see the past:

Winners are like a thermostat;
Losers are like a thermometer:

Winners choose what they say;
Losers say what they choose:

Winners use hard argument but soft words;
Losers use soft argument but hard words:

Winner stand firm on values but compromise on petty things;
Loser stand firm on petty things but compromise on value:

Winners follow the philosophy of empathy; “don’t do to others what do you would not want them to do to you";
Losers follow the philosophy of empathy; 'do it to others before they do it to you":

Winner makes it happen;
Loser let it happen:

Winners plan and prepare to win;
Loser plans to win:

UNDERSTAND


A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the pups and set about Nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he Felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the Eyes of a little boy.
Mister," he said, "I want to buy one of your puppies."

"Well," said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his neck, "these puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money."
The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the farmer. "I've got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?"

"Sure," said the farmer.

And with that he let out a whistle,"Here, Dolly!" he called.

Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur. The little boy pressed his face against the chain link fence. His eyes danced with delight.
As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else stirring inside the doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared; this One noticeably smaller. Down the ramp it slid. Then in a somewhat awkward manner the little pup began hobbling toward the others, doing its best to catch up....

"I want that one," the little boy said, pointing to the runt.
The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, "Son, you don't want that puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would."

With that the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing so he revealed a steel brace running down both sides of his leg attaching itself To a specially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You see sir, I don't run too well myself, and he will need Someone who understands."

The world is full of people who need someone who understands.



PRICELESS WORDS

A husband wakes up at home with a huge hangover.
He forces himself to open his eyes, and the first thing he sees is a couple of aspirins and a glass of water on the side table. He sits down and sees his clothing in front of him, all clean and
pressed. He looks around the room and sees that it is in perfect order, spotless, clean. So is the rest of the house. He takes the aspirins and notices a note on the table.
"Honey, breakfast is on the table, I left early to go grocery shopping. Love You!"
Totally shocked with the note, he goes to the kitchen and sure enough there is a hot breakfast and the morning newspaper. His son is also at the table, eating. He asks, "Son, what happened last night?"
His son says, "Well, you came home around 3 AM, drunk and delirious. Broke some crockery, puked in the hall, and gave yourself a black eye when you stumbled into the door". Confused, the man asks, "So, why is everything in order and so clean, and breakfast is on the table waiting for me? I should expect a big quarrel with her!"


His son replies, "Oh, that! Mom dragged you to the bedroom, and when she tried to take your clothes n shoes off, you said,


"LADY LEAVE ME ALONE! I'M MARRIED!"


Moral

Self-induced hangover - $ 400.00

Broken crockery - $ 800.00

Breakfast - $ 10.00

Saying the Right Thing While Drunk – "PRICELESS”

There are truly some things that both money and MasterCard can't buy

ABOUT DEATH...


Some interesting things you didn't know about death

  • When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go -- the first is usually sight, followed by taste, smell and touch
  • A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it has been decapitated
  • 100 people choke to death on pens each year. One is more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a spider
  • Alexander's funeral would have cost $600 million today. A road from Egypt to Babylon was built to carry his body
  • When inventor Thomas Edison died in 1931, his friend Henry Ford captured his last dying breath in a bottle
  • Over 2500 left-handed people are killed each year from using products made for right-handed people
  • It takes longer than ever before a body to decompose due to preservatives in the food that we eat these days
  • An eternal flame lamp at the tomb of a Buddhist priest in Nara, Japan has kept burning for 1,130 years
  • Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry is the first person to have his ashes put aboard a rocket and 'buried' in space
  • Japanese factory worker Kenji Urada became the first know fatality caused by a robot in July, 1981, in a car plant. 

Believe while others ….


  


By William Arthur Ward

William Arthur Ward (1921–1994), author of Fountains of Faith, is one of America's most quoted writers of inspirational maxims.


Believe while others are doubting.

Plan while others are playing.

Study while others are sleeping.

Decide while others are delaying.

Prepare while others are daydreaming.

Begin while others are procrastinating.

Work while others are wishing.

Save while others are wasting.

Listen while others are talking.

Smile while others are frowning.

Commend while others are criticizing.

Persist while others are quitting.